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How to Find the Records[edit | edit source]

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1800-1960: Parish registers (cemetery records) of Pitcairn Island at FamilySearch; index & images, often includes information about birth, death, names of parents and spouses

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-==Resources==
+==How to Find the Records==
-===Online Resources===
-*'''1790-1854''' : Sir Charles Lucas, ed., [https://whalesite.org/pitcairn/1929%20-%20Lucas%20-%20PI%20Register.htm ''The Pitcairn Island Register Book''], (New York and Toronto: The MacMillan Co., 1929), pages 31-92. Includes information about birth, marriages, and deaths
+===Online Collections===
-*'''1792-1963''' : 	Pitcairn Island. Civil recorder, {{FSC|145565|item|disp=Register, 1792-1963}}, images, FamilySearch (free)
-*'''1800-1960''' : [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6X47-JSD?cc=1534449 Parish registers (cemetery records) of Pitcairn Island] at FamilySearch; index & images, often includes information about birth, death, names of parents and spouses
+*'''1800-1960''': [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6X47-JSD?cc=1534449 Parish registers (cemetery records) of Pitcairn Island] at FamilySearch; index & images, often includes information about birth, death, names of parents and spouses
 ===Offices to Contact===
-[https://www.government.pn/index.php Pitcairn Islands Official Site]<br>
+==Historical Background==
-P.O. Box 105 696<br>
-Auckland<br>
-New Zealand<br>
-Telephone: +64 9 366 0186<br>
-Fax: +64 9 366 0187<br>
-Email: admin@pitcairn.gov.pn<br>
-==Background==
-Pitcairn Island is part of the United Kingdom with a "Governor whose offices are in Wellington, New Zealand." A Commissioner "handles most on-going, practical matters for Pitcairn" but is located in Auckland, New Zealand.
-"On Pitcairn Island there is the Island Council which meets with the island’s Mayor...." "Under ideal circumstances the Council is in complete charge of governing the island locally."<ref>Pacific Union College, [https://library.puc.edu/pitcairn/pitcairn/govt.shtml The Pitcairn Island Government, [History of Government & Laws], (accessed 21 February 2023).</ref>
-"With a population of only around fifty, the people of Pitcairn are descended from the mutineers of HMAV Bounty and their Tahitian companions."<ref>The Government of the Pitcairn Islands, [https://www.government.pn/ Official Site], (accessed 21 February 2023). </ref>
 ==Coverage and Compliance==
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 ==Information Recorded in the Records==
-===Birth Records===
-*Name of child
-*Date of birth
-*Names of parents
-===Marriage Records===
-*Names of bride and groom
-*Date of marriage
-*Sometimes names of parents
-===Death Records===
-*Name of deceased
-*Date of death or burial
-*Place of death or burial
-*Sometimes names of parents or spouse
 == References ==